MUSCULO-SKELETAL HEALTH 101

 

3. Hip crossover

 

This is a five star exercise for anyone with a low back pain - and just about any other joint and muscle pain.

 

It gently mobilizes the hip, groin and lower back.

 

Place the heel of the right foot up toward the top of the left thigh, just below your knee. Push the right knee away from you.

 

Then drop the right foot and left knee (together) onto the floor on the left side of your body and let it rest there for a minute. Repeat on the other side.

 

Build up to 5 minutes each side - 20 minutes is good, 30 minutes is better and 40 minutes is best.

 

You may find one side tighter than the other. That’s because you’re out of alignment. If you can’t get your knee and foot down onto the ground because it’s too painful, that's another sure sign that your skeleton is out of alignment.

If your knee on either (or both sides) won’t rest comfortably on the floor, place a book(s) or cushion(s) under it. Over the weeks gradually you’ll find your knee going closer and closer to the floor.

 

While you're doing the exercise, if you're a good multi-tasker you can read, watch TV, drift off with the fairies or listen to a relaxation tape.

 

If you do this exercise for 80 days and you may find your skeleton has gone back into better alignment and your pain into thin air.

 

In the meantime stay tuned, highly tuned and if you've got any sort of musculo-skeletal pain take time out each day to do hip crossover.

 

 

Regards and best wishes

 

 

John Miller

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